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Bad film with amazing premise and mediocre execution that you can't stop thinking about? (lemmy.ml)

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 hours ago (3 children)

Lucy

It’s entertaining as all hell. It doesn’t pretend to be anything more, so I don’t understand the hate it gets. Just turn off your brain, and have some fun. It’s not supposed to be hard sci-fi.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

"turn off your brain" is a pretty ironic requirement.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 hours ago

LoL. Totally. Gotta use 0% of your brain in order to enjoy a movie about using 100% of your brain.

But anyway, it’s just code for ‘get stoned as fuck before watching this.’

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago

and it's only 89 minutes, it doesn't get stale or repetitive!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 hours ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_(2014_film)

The audience for Lucy was split evenly between men and women, with 65 percent being over age 25.[54] Nikki Rocco, president for domestic distribution at Universal Studios, said, "To have a female lead in an original property absolutely made a difference. Scarlett is a star, and her presence [in the film] made it a lot more appealing for women."[55] Michael Bodey of The Australian commented that women having comprised half the audience is "a seemingly new precedent for an action film" and that, because of its box office performance, Lucy is the film out of all of Besson's film work "likely to have the greatest cultural impact."[18]

It seems like it definitely resonated with a lot of people, will check it out. Luc Besson can be hit and miss, but his films are always memorable